Category Archives: Contemporary Romance

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May 17, 2012
by Patricia
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Review: Something About You & A Lot Like Love by Julie James

There’s some­thing about Julie James…

Stay­ing overnight in a lux­ury hotel, Assis­tant U.S. Attor­ney Cameron Lynde over­hears a high-profile mur­der involv­ing a U.S. Sen­a­tor. Spe­cial Agent Jack Pal­las is assigned to the investigation-the same Jack Pal­las who still blames her for nearly ruin­ing his career three years ago.

Now the pair will have to put their rocky past behind them, focus on the case at hand-and smother the flame of their sizzling-hot sex­ual tension.

The FBI wants her cooporation.

As the daugh­ter of a bil­lion­aire and the owner of the city’s top wine store, Jor­dan Rhodes is invited to the most exclu­sive par­ties in Chicago. But there’s only one party the FBI wants to crash: the char­ity fund-raiser of a famous restau­ra­teur, who also hap­pens to laun­der money for the mob. In exchange for her brother’s release from prison, Jor­dan is going to be there – with a date sup­plied by the Bureau.

Agent McCall just wants her.

As the top under­cover agent in Chicago, Nick McCall has one rule: never get per­sonal. This “date” with Jor­dan Rhodes is merely an assign­ment – one they’re both deter­mined to pull off even if they can’t be together for five min­utes before the sar­casm and sparks begin to fly. But when Nick’s inves­ti­ga­tion is com­pro­mised, he and Jor­dan have no choice but to pre­tend they’re a cou­ple, and what starts out as a sim­ple assign­ment begins to feel a lot like some­thing more… Con­tinue read­ing →

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April 26, 2012
by Patricia
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Review: Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins

Some­body To Love by Kris­tan Hig­gins Genre: Con­tem­po­rary Romance; Stand­alone Excerpt: n/a · Source: eArc Rat­ing: VERY ENTERTAINING, GOOD Mass Mar­ket Paper­back: 432 pages Pub­lisher: HQN Books (April 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0373776586 · ISBN-13: 978–0373776580 Buy: Ama­zon · BookDe­pos­i­tory · BookDe­pos­i­tory UK Blurb After her father loses the fam­ily for­tune in an insider-trading scheme, sin­gle mom Parker … Con­tinue read­ing →

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April 17, 2012
by Patricia
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Review: Summer Days by Susan Mallery

New York Times best­selling author Susan Mallery returns with a new Fool's Gold tril­ogy fea­tur­ing three rugged cow­boys who will find love in the unlike­li­est of places....
Locked in an unex­pected land dis­pute, Rafe Stryker is trapped in the one place he vowed never to return to-the Cas­tle Ranch in Fool's Gold, Cal­i­for­nia. He made mil­lions fac­ing ruth­less adver­saries in the board­room, but noth­ing could've pre­pared him to go head-to-head against stub­born, beau­ti­ful Heidi Simp­son. No one is more sur­prised than Rafe to dis­cover that he's find­ing Heidi-and life as a cowboy-much more com­pelling than he wants to admit. For Heidi, the Cas­tle Ranch is the home she's always wanted.

After a life on the road, the viva­cious blonde has finally put down roots. She won't give that up with­out a fight, not even for a man whose late-night kisses make her yearn to be a lit­tle less...wholesome. As the two turn from pas­sion­ate adver­saries to pas­sion­ate, period, they'll dis­cover that sum­mer love can last a life­time. Con­tinue read­ing →

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March 20, 2012
by Patricia
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Review: Just The Sexiest Man Alive & Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James

Noth­ing fazes Tay­lor Donovan—not in the court­room and not in her per­sonal life. So when she’s assigned to coach Peo­ple‘s “Sex­i­est Man Alive” for his role in the next big legal drama, she refuses to fall for the Hol­ly­wood heartthrob’s charms. Even if he is the Jason Andrews..

The bat­tle between the sexes is about to make these two lawyers hot under the col­lar. Oppo­sites col­lide when two lawyers try to make part­ner at the same firm. Pay­ton Kendall is a fem­i­nist to the bone. Cocky J.D. Jame­son was born priv­i­leged. But when they’re asked to join forces on a major case, they gain a new­found aware­ness of each other’s per­sonal assets. The part­ner­ship spot will be offered to only one of them, though. The com­pe­ti­tion heats up. Sparks fly. Let the games begin. Con­tinue read­ing →

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January 12, 2012
by Patricia
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Review: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Who would have guessed that four min­utes could change everything?

Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. She's stuck at JFK, late to her father's sec­ond wed­ding, which is tak­ing place in Lon­don and involves a soon to be step-mother that Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the per­fect boy in the airport's cramped wait­ing area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's in seat 18C. Hadley's in 18A.

Twists of fate and quirks of tim­ing play out in this thought­ful novel about fam­ily con­nec­tions, sec­ond chances and first loves. Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expect­ing it. Con­tinue read­ing →

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December 8, 2011
by Patricia
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Review: Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts

Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts Genre: Con­tem­po­rary Romance Series: Bride Quar­tet 4 Excerpt: n/a Source: Bought Rat­ing: | M – MA Paper­back: 320 pages Pub­lisher: Jove (March 29th 2011) ISBN-10: 0515149322 ISBN-13: 978–0515149326 Amazon.de (EUR 7,40) | BookDepository.com (EUR 3,22) Blurb Parker Brown turned the quartet’s child­hood game of Wed­ding Day into their dream … Con­tinue read­ing →

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November 24, 2011
by Patricia
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Review: Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts

» Read in Ger­man Meta and review in Eng­lish Herb­st­magie by Nora Roberts Genre: Con­tem­po­rary Romance Series: Bride Quar­tet 3 Excerpt: n/a Source: Library Rat­ing: - | M – MA Paper­back: 320 pages Pub­lisher: Jove (Sep­tem­ber 28th 2010) ISBN-10: 0515148865 ISBN-13: 978–0515148862 Amazon.de (EUR 5,99) | BookDe­pos­i­tory (EUR 6,29) Blurb Wed­ding baker Lau­rel McBane is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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October 29, 2011
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Review: Promise Me Tomorrow by Nora Roberts

Promise Me Tomor­row by Nora Roberts Genre: Con­tem­po­rary Romance Series: Stand­alone ‘ Excerpt: n/a Source: Library Rat­ing: | M – MA Paper­back: 296 pages Pub­lisher: Pocket Books (Mm) (Feb­ru­ary 1984) ISBN-10: 0671470191 ISBN-13: 978–0671470197 — not avail­able on Ama­zon, The BookDepository.com or co.uk — Blurb SHE HAD NEVER WANTED A MAN SO MUCH. HE HAD … Con­tinue read­ing →